Eggless Malai Cake recipe

Eggless Malai Cake recipe with step wise pictorial and video method.

Eggless Malai cake recipe is the easiest of all cake recipes made using the cream (malai) collected on the surface of boiled dairy milk.

WHAT IS MALAI?

Dairy milk is when boiled, a layer of cream gets collected on the top surface of the milk.

This layer of cream is called malai.

This layers gets thickened when the milk turns cool, especially in refrigerator.

ABOUT THE PRESENT RECIPE

We Indians (most of us) are in the habit of collecting malai to make desi ghee or butter out of it.

Just spare a cup today, gather few very ordinary Ingredients and woila, a delicious cake is ready.

So you really don’t require any butter, oil or curd, which are must ingredients in any of the cake recipe.

INGREDIENTS USED

MALAI

Malai is the prime ingredient in this recipe, which is generally available almost in every indian kitchen.

One thing, of which, you can take privilege is the quantity of malai.

We have used exactly one cup of malai but in case you have less the quantity, nothing to worry.

To match up the amount of lessen malai, you can add extra milk.

Here’s giving an example for better understanding :

Our recipe uses 1 cup of malai and 1/2 cup of milk.

But if you have only 3/4 cup of malai instead of 1 cup, then enhance the quantity of milk from 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup.

So you can see it as an additional bonus to the recipe, in terms of simplicity.

SUGAR

We have used the bura sugar which is processed from best quality of sugarcane and no chemicals are used during processing.

This sugar comes in a powdered form, so we need not to powder the sugar.

But in case you are using regular sugar, then powder it first.

You simply have to put some sugar in a blender jar, blitz and powdered sugar is ready.

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR

To keep our cake slightly towards the healthy side, we have added whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour.

But if you like, you can replace whole wheat flour with all purpose flour or both the flours in the ratio of 50:50.

BAKING POWDER & BAKING SODA

Both these ingredients are must in any cake baking.

They give the cake a requisite fluffiness and softness.

SALT

Salt in sweet recipes helps in enhancing the flavours. So a pinch of salt in any dessert is always a hit.

GREEN CARDAMOMS

This recipe asks for a tsp of Cardamom powder.

We didn’t have readymade powder, so we crushed 5-6 Cardamoms in mortar pestle and added the crushed seeds part minus skin (pods).

MILK

Cake batter has a particular consistency and here, that is achieved by milk.

So the quantity of milk is somewhat uncertain here.

As long as batter has not attained the thick but flowing consistency, you can add milk.

Although the quantity of milk is given as 1/2 cup but still you are suggested to add milk gradually and no in one go.

The quantity of milk needed may vary depending on the thickness of malai you are using.

If your malai is too thick, you may need to add extra milk than suggested and on the contrary, if malai is too milky, the requirement of milk will be compatibly low.

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE

FIRSTLY PREPARE THE INGREDIENTS

Measure and place Malai and milk out of refrigerator. Ingredients used in the recipe must be at room temperature.

2. Finely crush 5-6 green Cardamoms in mortar pestle or electric blender. If you already have cardamom powder, that’s fine.

3. Switch on your oven for preheating @180°C for 10 minutes.

MAKING OF CAKE

4. Take a bowl and add malai and sugar.

5. Whisk it well.

6. Put a sieve on the bowl.

7. Add whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

8. Sift them to the bowl.

9. Add cardamom powder.

10. Mix everything using cut and fold method.

11. Now begin to add milk. Don’t add all the milk in one go because your batter may ask for different quantity of milk than our’s, depending upon thickness of your malai. We needed to add 1/2 cup of milk in whole.

12. The batter must be thick and bit of flowing consistency.

13. Transfer the batter in a cake tin lined with greased butter paper or parchment paper.

14. Level the batter using spatula.

15. Bake in preheated oven @180°C for 30-35 minutes in the middle rack with both the rods on.

16. Take the cake out and check by inserting a toothpick inside. If the toothpick comes out clean, this is a sign that cake is perfectly baked.

17. Let the cake cool down completely.

18. Invert and your malai cake is ready.

Enjoy after cutting it into slices.

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